The Bologna Process and Teacher Training in the Czech Republic: Opinions of Academic Staff and Students about the Two-cycle System Implementation at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague

• Authors: Stanislav Bendl , Hana Voňková , Michal Zvírotský

Abstracts

EN

One goal of the Bologna process is to restructure European university programs from monolithic five-year programs into two cycles, bachelor’s and master’s. In this paper, we ask academic staff (n=52) and students (n=126) at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague about their opinions on the implementation of the two-cycle system at their faculty. Nine out of ten academic staff and three out of ten students prefer the old five-year programs, arguing that the two-cycle system is not suitable for teacher training, subject courses are not sufficiently linked with teaching courses and that bachelor’s graduates cannot find jobs at schools. Students tend to prefer the two-cycle system, mostly because they get the bachelor’s degree. Our results can be used as empirical evidence in discussion about possible changes of teacher training programs.

Keywords

EN

Bologna process; two-cycle system implementation; bachelor’s study; subsequent master’s study; teacher training

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 32
• Pages: 301-312

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Stanislav Bendl

• Charles University in Prague

author

Hana Voňková

• Charles University in Prague

author

Michal Zvírotský

• Charles University in Prague

References

• Act No. 563/2004 Collection of Law, on Pedagogical Staff and on the Amendment to Some Other Acts. (2004). [Online]. Available at: http://www.msmt.cz/uploads/soubory/zakony/zakon563upraveno.doc [Accessed May 27, 2012].
• Bendl, S., Voňková, H. (2011). Hodnocení strukturovaného studia učitelství studenty Univerzity Karlovy v Praze – Pedagogické fakulty. In O. Kaščák, B. Pupala (ed.) Škola – statistický element v sociálnej dynamike. Bratislava: Lura Edition.
• Brebera, P. (2006). Boloňský proces a jeho reflexe v přípravném vzdělávání učitelů. Pedagogika, 56(3), 258–265.
• Bologna Declaration (1999). [Online]. Available at: http://www.arhiv.mvzt.gov.si/fileadmin/mvzt.gov.si/pageuploads/doc/dokumenti_visokosolstvo/Bolonjski_proces/bolonjska_deklaracija.pdf [Accessed January 11, 2013].
• Flores, M. A. (2011). Curriculum of Initial Teacher Education in Portugal: New Contexts, Old Problems. Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 37 (4), 461–470.
• Kangro, A. (2004). The Bologna Declaration and Professional Teacher Training in Latvia. European Journal: Vocational Training, 33, 49–57.
• Kehm, B. M., Teichler, U. (2006). Which direction for bachelor and master programmes? A stocktaking of the Bologna process. Tertiary Education and Management, 12 (4), 269–282.
• Marková, K., Urbánek, P. (2008). Praktická příprava učitelů všeobecně vzdělávacích předmětů: realita, problémy a perspektivy. In J. Vašutová et al. (ed.) Vzděláváme budoucí učitele: nové trendy v pedagogicko-psychologické přípravě studentů učitelství. Praha: Portál.
• Memorandum of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports on the Independence of the Accreditation Commission (2010). [Online]. Available at: http://www. akreditacnikomise.cz/attachments/233_EN_MemorandumAC_01_2010.pdf [Accessed May 27, 2012].
• Sokol, J. (2011). Boloňská reforma po deseti letech. Aula, 19(1), 17–19.
• Stehlík, M. (2011). Boloňský proces – prospěl, nebo uškodil českým vysokým školám? Strukturované studium po deseti letech. Aula, 19(1), 19–20.
• Šťastná, V. (2011). Boloňský proces – prospěl, nebo uškodil českým vysokým školám? Strukturované studium po deseti letech. Aula, 19(1), 20–24.
• Štech, S. (2011). Boloňský proces: nutný proces adaptace, nebo trojský kůň neoliberálních změn vysokoškolského vzdělávání. Aula, 19(1), 25–30.
• The Bologna Declaration on the European Space for Higher Education: An Explanation (2010). [Online]. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/educ/bologna/bologna.pdf [Accessed May 27, 2012].
• The Statute of the Accreditation Commission (2004). [Online]. Available at: http://www.akreditacnikomise.cz/attachments/234_the_statute_of_the_ac2004.pdf [Accessed May 27, 2012].
• Vernerová, J. (2011).Analýza praktické přípravy v kontextu strukturace studijních programů učitelství. Doctoral dissertation, Charles University in Prague – Faculty of Education, Prague.
• Vyhlásenie Asociácie dekanov pedagogických fakult Slovenskej a Českej republiky (2011). [Online]. Available at: http://www.fedu.uniba.sk/uploads/media/PdF_UK_AD_110929_vyhlasenie_final.pdf [Accessed May 27, 2012].

Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.13.32.2.25

Biblioteka Nauki

26185830